Perl Training Courses and Workshops

Master the full potential of Perl. Build on the knowledge learned in Perl 101 to complete your understanding of Perl&,#146,s fundamentals. Learn advanced regular expressions, references, object-oriented programming, networking, writing Perl modules, and other topics.

You Will Learn How To
Build on Perl skills developed in Perl 101
Develop a comprehensive mastery of the core language of Perl
Understand references and data structures
Write Perl modules that export subroutines
Use object-oriented Perl modules
Write your own OO modules
Who should attend?
Linux, Unix, and Windows system administrators
Network engineers
Quality assurance engineers
Hardware engineers
Web developers
Anyone who needs to write more advanced Perl scripts

A comprehensive introduction to the Perl programming language. You will learn how to develop powerful programs quickly to solve a variety of real-world problems. The class consists of twelve chapters, each one exploring a different area of the Perl language. We will spend about 25% of the time in lecture, and the remaining 75% of the time doing hands-on programming exercises. The programming exercises have been specially designed to help you learn and apply the new concepts from each chapter.

You Will Learn How To
Use Perl effectively
Write scripts using scalar, array, and hash variables
Implement regular expressions, subroutines, and other key language features.
Use good programming techniques to develop Perl programs that are easy to update and maintain
Who should attend?
Linux, Unix, and Windows system administrators
Network engineers
Quality assurance engineers
Hardware engineers
Web developers
Anyone who needs to write Perl scripts
Prerequisites:
Some programming experience is strongly recommended, in a language such as C, C++, Java, ECMAScript/Javascript, or Linux/Unix-shell-script... [Read More]

The Perl Programming course is designed to give delegates the knowledge to develop/maintain Perl scripts.

Who Should Attend

Programmers who need to write or maintain scripts in Perl.
Experience of programming in another programming language is required.

Course Outline

INTRODUCTION AND BASIC SYNTAX
�What is PERL and why PERL is useful �How to run PERL programs on UNIX and Windows platform �A simple PERL Program
OPERATORS AND CONTROL FLOW
�Scalar variables - usage �Basic arithmetic operators &, how they work with scalar operands �What an expression is �How to use the if statement and the operator �Two-way and multi-way branching using else and elsif �Simple loops using while and until statements
SCALAR CONTEXT AND SCALAR VALUES
�Scalar values and scalar context �Integer and floating point representation �Octal and Hexadecimal notations �Character strings, single and double quote representation �Escape sequences �Interchangeability of character and numeric values
MORE OPERATORS
�More arithmetic operators, **, % and - (unary) �Integer and string comparison ... [Read More]

The Perl Programming course is designed to give delegates the knowledge to develop/maintain Perl scripts.

Who Should Attend

Programmers who need to write or maintain scripts in Perl.
Experience of programming in another programming language is required.

Course Outline

INTRODUCTION AND BASIC SYNTAX
�What is PERL and why PERL is useful �How to run PERL programs on UNIX and Windows platform �A simple PERL Program
OPERATORS AND CONTROL FLOW
�Scalar variables - usage �Basic arithmetic operators &, how they work with scalar operands �What an expression is �How to use the if statement and the operator �Two-way and multi-way branching using else and elsif �Simple loops using while and until statements
SCALAR CONTEXT AND SCALAR VALUES
�Scalar values and scalar context �Integer and floating point representation �Octal and Hexadecimal notations �Character strings, single and double quote representation �Escape sequences �Interchangeability of character and numeric values
MORE OPERATORS
�More arithmetic operators, **, % and - (unary) �Integer and string comparison ... [Read More]

To perform basic programming operations using Perl variables, regular expressions, search-and-replace procedures, and file handling

Target Audience
Students for this path should be familiar with Object-Oriented computer languages as well as basic concepts of Databases and Web Programming.

Prerequisites
none

Expected Duration (hours)
3.2

Lesson Objectives

Perl Language Fundamentals
write a basic Perl program in a given scenario.
perform basic operations with scalars and unique Perl operators in a given scenario.
perform basic Perl operations with lists, arrays, hashes, and the foreach loop in a given scenario.
perform basic operations in Perl, given a scenario.
use basic regular expressions, interpolation, special characters, and anchors in a given scenario.
use character classes, alternatives, quantifiers, and backreference variables in a given scenario.
use search-and-replace procedures in a given scenario.
use regular expressions in a given scenario.
identify the uses of Perl’s special variables.
use filehandles to read and write files in a given scenario.
handle files and special variable... [Read More]

This three day course is approximately 50% hands-on, 50% lecture oriented. Detailed practical coding exercises, combined with a series of group and individual script-writing exercises reinforce concepts introduced throughout the workshop. Progressive labs are presented in a "building block" fashion, building on previous scripts to reinforce previously assimilated material.

Duration

3 days
Hands-On

50% hands-on, 50% lecture

This hands on Perl programming course provides a thorough introduction to the Perl programming language, teaching attendees how to develop and maintain portable scripts useful for system management, data manipulation, and Web CGI programming. Emphasis is placed on built-in subroutines that can be used to help conveniently build fast, portable and efficient scripts. Extensive hands on exercises provide practice in report creation, pattern matching, string manipulation, file I/O, command line processing, and debugging. Students are shown how to extend Perl’s basic functionality with packages and loadable modules. The final day encompasses CGI scripting with Perl as well as database access using the DBI module. Attendees are shown how to validate form data, how to perform robust database access, and how to generate HTML output in order to create a dynamic web site.

Prerequisites: Prior scripting experience or knowledge of fundamental programming concepts. For CGI programming, knowledge of HTML fundamentals and SQL is helpful but not required.

Perl Programming and CGI Scripting Training Overview
Perl Fundamentals
Running Perl on UNIX and Windows Read More]

Intermediate to Advanced Perl Programming is a unique introduction to the language and its
culture and provides a unique perspective on the evolution of Perl and its future direction. It is a
comprehensive guide to all the nooks and crannies of the language. This course has been
expanded to cover version 5.6 of this maturing language.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course you will:
ï‚?Be able to manipulate number and text files and directories, computers, networks and
programs
ï‚?Be able to easily run external programs and scan their output for interesting tidbits
ï‚?Learn an easy way to develop, modify and debug your own programs
ï‚?Know how to compile and run your programs portably and on any modern operating
system
ï‚?Understand typeglobs, pseudohashes and closures and how they really work
ï‚?Learn about threading, the compiler, Unicode, and other new features that have been
added since the previous edition

Participants should have some programming knowledge and knowledge of Unix / Linux basics will be very helpful. This can be taught on Windows and Unix platforms.

Who Should Take This Course:

All users working on Unix / Linux / Redhat / Suse / Solaris / AIX / HPUX platforms who need to automate everyday tasks or check logs / resources on a regular basis and generate alerts must learn perl programming. It is a must for system administrators on the above platforms.

Perl is language of choice for automation world wide due to its extremely efficient methods of handling and processing data patterns and reporting them in various formats to create Alerts or Notices. It is very handy to process files, output from commands and regenerate data in target formats.

In this Perl training course, students already familiar with Perl will learn advanced programming techniques in Perl.

Class Goals
â–? Learn to debug Perl applications

â–? Learn to efficiently manipulate lists in Perl

â–? Learn to work more effectively with Perl packages

â–? Learn to work with Tied Variables in Perl

â–? Learn to manipulate databases with Perl

â–? Learn to effectively use Perl Modules

â–? Learn to work with Perl/Tk

â–? Learn to extend Perl with C/C++

â–? Learn to embed the Perl Interpreter into a program

â–? Learn to create your own Perl modules